What Families Should Know About... City of Lancaster
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BRINGING FAMILIES TO THE CITY POST-DISASTER ASSISTANCE WHAT FAMILIES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT... The City recognizes that after a disaster there If your family needs financial, repair, or other may be a need for employees to bring their assistance following a disaster, there are CITY OF LANCASTER families or pets to the City when reporting to many resources available. FEMA, American EMPLOYEES AS work, for example if your family’s home is Red Cross, Salvation Army, Small Business destroyed, or you have no one to take care of Administration, IRS, Disaster Unemployment DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS your children. It has always been the intention Assistance, and more have programs that can (DSW) of the City to provide care for our employees’ help you shake off the dust, pick up the immediate family members and pets if they pieces, and get back on your feet. For more have nowhere else to stay and as a last information, visit the City’s website, under resort. Keep in mind that family care should Public Safety > Emergency Preparedness > be limited to those employees who are unable Post-Disaster Assistance. to care for their families at home or who do not have an alternative. For a complete list of Federal resources that may be available following a disaster, visit the Remember when bringing families or pets to Federal website DisasterAssistance.gov. the City, bring enough disaster supplies for three days, including Emergency Supply Kits. Supplies should include extra clothing/shoes, sleeping gear, food, water, personal supplies and toiletries. C.E.R.T. Even though you, as a City employee, may have to report to work and be away from your family for an extended period of time, that doesn’t mean that they need to be left helpless. Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) training will give your family members the skills and knowledge necessary For more information call the to not only ride out the initial post-disaster Assistant to the City Manager period, but be able to actively assist others in (661) 723-6008 your neighborhood who may need help. More information about C.E.R.T. can be found on the City’s website, under Public Safety > Emergency/Contract Services > L.A. County Fire Department > CERT. per day, non-perishable food, clothes, DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS (DSW) cash, first aid, personal hygiene items, EMERGENCY CALL-IN NUMBERS radio, flashlights, spare batteries, As a family member of a City of Lancaster medications, pet care, sanitation supplies, The Employee Emergency Call-In Numbers employee, it is important that you are aware tools, and any special needs items. will serve as hotlines for staff to receive further that the State of California Government Code, instructions. Family members may also call Title 1, Division 4, Chapter 8, Section 3100 Keep at least a half tank of gas in each during a disaster for information or to leave declares that all public employees are of your vehicles at all times. messages for their loved one. The numbers designated as Disaster Service Workers are as follows: (DSW) during natural or manmade disasters. Public Works: (661) 206-7962 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A DISASTER: Therefore, employees may have to stay at or All other departments: (661) 206-8778 come to work before, during and after a disaster. If a disaster occurs during normal working Local phone lines may be down during a hours: disaster. Therefore, all family members should All City of Lancaster employees in every call the pre-identified out-of-state contact to department may be needed in the response All City employees will remain at work to verify the location and status of all family and recovery efforts of the City. The purpose provide for disaster relief as needed. members. Should anything happen to a City of this brochure is to educate families on how employee, the family would be notified as to take care of themselves during a disaster Any City employee who leaves without soon as possible. The City has the capabilities and to explain the role and responsibilities of authorization will be subject to disciplinary to take care of injuries/illnesses should they City employees as DSWs. action. occur at work. If a disaster occurs outside normal working PRIOR TO A DISASTER: RADIO STATIONS hours: It is important that family members of City All City employees will report to work in It is critical that families have a battery/solar/ employees prepare and understand how to accordance with their department reporting crank powered radio to receive vital take care of themselves after a disaster so procedures unless informed through the City’s information during a disaster, especially if that the City employee can report to work. emergency call-in system, mass notification, phones do not work. For up-to-the-minute media or Emergency Alert System that non- information, tune to any of the following: Discuss your Family Emergency Plan: essential employees are not required to report KFI 640 AM KLKX 93.5 FM to work. KNX 1070 AM KTPI 97.7 FM Identify family meeting locations, who KHTS 1220 AM KKZQ 100.1 FM picks up your children from school, and All City employees have an obligation to Magic 1340 AM KMIX 106.3 FM your out-of-state contact person. attempt and to continue contacting their KOSS 1380 AM department or employee emergency call-in Know how and when to turn off utilities numbers to determine whether it is necessary CODE RED such as gas and water. to report to work. Have a 3-day Family Emergency Supply The City has launched a mass notification Kit at home and a “to-go” kit in all vehicles: system, Code RED, that will alert employees of current emergency information. For the system to be most useful, employees must Include: 1-2 gallons of water per person keep their data up-to-date. .